Increase in the population, industrialization, urbanization and the subsequent increase in demand for food production brought about changes and compelled landowners to expand the land under their control and produce more.
a. From the mid-eighteenth century, the English population expanded rapidly.
b. To feed the growing population , Landlords sliced up pasturelands, carved up open fields, cut up forest commons, took over marshes, and turned larger and larger areas into agricultural fields.
c. Innovation in the agriculture further contributed in expanding production.
d. The demand for food grains increased to meet the growing needs of the population stimulated the process of enclosures e. As landowners started enclosing lands and enlarged their area under grain cultivation, open fields were craved out .
f Forest were cut to bring the land under cultivation.
g. Marshes were taken over and larger areas were turned into agricultural fields.
h. Enclosures further allowed landlords to produce more.